i had a long way getting into sleep. when their probably most critically acclaimed effort "dopesmoker" got another re-release this year, i finally bought myself a copy. i still don't listen to it very often, because "dopesmoker" isn't what you call an easy listening record but every once in a while it fits the mood. because of it i definitely wanted to check out the other sleep records as well. two weeks ago i spotted this yellow version on ebay.
it was a side effect of a search for another band and the first thing that caught my attention was the quite affordable price for a coloured version. i checked the different pressings on discogs before and all of them, regardless of which year or label, go for a considerable chunk of cash. the yellow version i saw, is the most recent pressing from this year and was sold directly from the label earache records. this and the momentarily favourable exchange rates from pound to euro made the purchase a no-brainer for me.
listening to "sleep's holy mountain" there is no doubt that it easily outguns "dopesmoker" in my personal ranking. this is such a great stoner/doom metal album. considering the time when it was released, it is easy to undertsand the importance of "sleep's holy mountain" for the whole stoner metal scene. next to kyuss' "wretch", the groundbreaking album for stoner/doom metal in the early nineties. 500 copies made on opaque yellow vinyl. earache records. 1992/2016.
